President Harry S. Truman wrote this memorandum for Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, following the Senate’s override of President Truman’s veto of the McCarran-Walter Bill.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarren-Walter Act, was a controversial law that would revise the national quotas of individuals entering the United States. While it dissolved restricted access to the United States based on race, only a set amount of immigrants from each nation were allowed to enter the country at a time.
This document was identified by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 Summer Workshop at the Truman Library.
